The news and information about the so-called ‘Cookie Law’ has been diverse and not entirely consistent over the past few months but in just over a month the EU’s new privacy and Electronic Communications Directive is set to come into force for public sector bodies. Already there are services on hand to ensure that sites ‘remain compliant’. Continue reading
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Latest social media workshops and news from the Social Web
You can tell we are coming into Spring. Not only are the daffodils coming out and the grass is starting to grow, but we are having the annual round of updates and refreshes that seem to bedazzle the web at this time of year. Continue reading
Facebook Pages undergoing a major update
It can’t have escaped anyone’s notice that Facebook Profiles are undergoing a major change to the new TimeLine layout. Well, for those of us who are using Facebook Pages to promote our business, the same thing is about to happen. According to Facebook this will give a better visual experience for users and more advanced administrative tools for the page owners themselves. Continue reading
Simple Strategies for Mobile Social Media Engagement
I had the good fortune to be invited to speak at the inaugural event by Credemus Associates at DLA Piper in London last Friday, . Credemus are a conference and event organisation company that specialises in transferring knowledge to public bodies, central and local government, third sector organisations and the private sector. The event was “The World in the Palm of Your Hands: SMS & Mobile Communications” and I was speaking about the simple strategies you can use to engage people through social media on mobile devices. Continue reading
Latest social media workshops and news from the Social Web
It has been interesting to watch as a spate of updates to policies have come forth from the various online networks and organisations. So far, we’ve had LinkedIn and Facebook making changes to their privacy policies last year and Google has also made a major change to their 60 privacy and and terms of service policies – condensing them into a single one that should (in theory) be easier to understand. Continue reading